The Fragile

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

The Fragile
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Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Edition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Published: 1999
CD Release Date: 1999-09-21
Music Label: Nothing
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Somewhat Damaged
  2. The Day The World Went Away
  3. The Frail
  4. The Wretched
  5. We're In This Together
  6. The Fragile
  7. Just Like You Imagined
  8. Even Deeper
  9. Pilgrimage
  10. No, You Don't
  11. La Mer
  12. The Great Below
Music CD 2
  1. The Way Out Is Through
  2. Into The Void
  3. Where Is Everybody?
  4. The Mark Has Been Made
  5. Please
  6. Starfuckers, Inc.
  7. Complication
  8. I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally
  9. The Big Come Down
  10. Underneath It All
  11. Ripe (With Decay)

Free Music Notes for The Fragile

Free Music Review: A hidden gem
Hit: 5 Stars

The hardcore fans undoubtedly are aware of what this album has to offer, but it is without question the least popular of the major NIN releases. There is a substantial amount of instrumental numbers on each CD, perhaps slight overkill, but I can listen to the whole thing without skipping anything. This has "We're in This Together" which never achieved mainstream popularity, but is easily in the all-time top 10, IMO.

If you've liked the other stuff, you simply must add "The Fragile" to your collection.

The Fragile Poster

Trent Reznor took five years to record this monstrous double-CD set, wielding a perfectionist's touch in the production and the subtlety of a chainsaw in the musicianship. The result is uncompromising, full of hysterical noise and yet utterly accessible. Somehow, someway, this is one of the best pop records of the year. --Matthew Cooke
The Fragile is even bleaker than 1994's The Downward Spiral as it lurches along with a perpetual scowl. A frenzied collection of buzz-saw pop, Trent Reznor's grim opus yo-yos through two CDs with scattershot intensity. Hushed one minute and explosive the next, spite and anger intermix with heartbreaking resignation, sometimes in the course of one song. Still, Reznor's dour and uncompromising approach is accessible and undeniably entertaining, even when he eschews vocals altogether. Unchanged are the obsessive lengths that he goes to for the sake of a dynamic thrill ride. The quiet tones that open the instrumental "Just Like You Imagined" suddenly erupt into a barrage of off-time rhythms and noodling keyboard riffs, all rising to a torrid conclusion. The sheer sonic invention on display here is astounding. Reznor's production approaches Brian Eno's in terms of dynamism, though it arises from a profoundly different sensibility. "Starfuckers Inc" uses chopped-up vocals for the verses and a shouting mob for its propulsive, Ministryesque chorus to mercilessly slam some of NIN's imitators (most pointedly, Marilyn Manson). And while there's nothing here as dance-floor-ready as Downward Spiral's "Closer," "Where Is Everybody" comes close, thanks to its slow, sweaty gyrations and Adrian Belew's slippery guitar figures. The Fragile's songs are ultimately simple explorations of deep disillusionment. However, once Reznor finishes twisting them out of shape, they're towering soundscapes of rage that are at once terrifying and beautiful. --Matthew Cooke

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